Zoran Erbez

{{short description|Bosnian football manager (born 1971)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Zoran Erbez

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|09|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kalinovik, SFR Yugoslavia

| currentclub =

| manageryears1 = 2008–2009

| managerclubs1 = Slavija Sarajevo

| manageryears2 = 2011–2012

| managerclubs2 = Slavija Sarajevo

| manageryears3 = 2011–2021

| managerclubs3 = Bosnia and Herzegovina U15

| manageryears4 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs4 = Slavija Sarajevo

}}

Zoran Erbez (born 15 September 1971) is a Bosnian professional football manager. He is one of the most notable Slavija Sarajevo managers ever, winning the Bosnian Cup and finishing in second place in the 2008–09 season.

Managerial career

=Slavija Sarajevo=

Erbez started out his managerial career when he was named an assistant manager of Slavija Sarajevo. In April 2008, he was promoted to the position of manager of Slavija.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/erbez-do-kraja-sezone-trener-slavije/914|title=Erbez do kraja sezone trener Slavije|date=8 April 2008|access-date=8 April 2008|language=bs|publisher=sportsport.ba}} With Slavija, he won the club's historic Bosnian Cup title in the 2008–09 season. As the club's manager, Erbez also finished as a runner-up in the 2008–09 Bosnian Premier League season.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/slaviji-pehar-nakon-penala/18022|title=Slaviji pehar nakon penala|date=28 May 2009|access-date=28 May 2009|language=bs|publisher=sportsport.ba}} On 20 September 2009, after a loss against Borac Banja Luka, he resigned as manager after a poor start to the 2009–10 season.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/erbez-podnio-ostavku-u-slaviji/24025|title=Erbez podnio ostavku u Slaviji|date=20 September 2009|access-date=20 September 2009|language=bs|publisher=sportsport.ba}}

On 23 September 2011, two years after leaving Slavija, Erbez was once again named as the new manager of Slavija,{{cite web|url=https://www.klix.ba/sport/nogomet/zoran-erbez-novi-sef-strucnog-staba-slavije/110923121|title=Zoran Erbez novi šef stručnog štaba Slavije|date=23 September 2011|access-date=23 September 2011|language=bs|publisher=Klix.ba}} but only four months later, on 1 January 2012, he left the club.

=Bosnia and Herzegovina youth teams=

On 29 June 2011, Erbez became the new head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U15 national team{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/musemic-selektor-olimpijske-reprezentacije/59783|title=Musemić selektor olimpijske reprezentacije|date=29 June 2011|access-date=29 June 2011|language=bs|publisher=sportsport.ba}} where he has been holding the position ever since. He led the team in a couple of UEFA Euro U17 qualifications alongside coach Sakib Malkočević, but was unsuccessful.

=Return to Slavija=

On 2 July 2020, it was announced that Erbez would once again become the manager of Slavija, but also staying as the under-15 national team head coach.{{cite web|url=https://sportsport.ba/fudbal/erbez-ponovo-na-klupi-slavije/367296|title=Erbez ponovo na klupi Slavije|date=2 July 2020|access-date=2 July 2020|language=bs|author=A. Pašić|publisher=sportsport.ba}}

Honours

=Manager=

Slavija Sarajevo

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